Railways:
total:
4,012 km
standard gauge:
4,012 km 1.435-m gauge (2,422 km electrified; 96 km double track) (1996)
Highways:
total:
91,180 km
paved:
67,473 km (including 109 km of expressways)
unpaved:
23,707 km (1997 est.)
Waterways:
1,577 km along west coast; navigable by 2.4 m draft vessels maximum
Pipelines:
refined petroleum products 53 km
Ports and harbors:
Bergen, Drammen, Floro, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund, Kristiansand,
Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso, Trondheim
Merchant marine:
total:
788 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,200,416 GRT/33,642,888 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 106, cargo 150, chemical tanker 99, combination bulk 8, combination
ore/oil 39, container 19, liquefied gas tanker 86, multifunction large-load
carrier 1, oil tanker 143, passenger 12, refrigerated cargo 15,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 52, short-sea passenger 22, vehicle carrier 36
note:
the government has created an internal register, the Norwegian
International Ship register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian register;
ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of convenience and do not
have to be crewed by Norwegians (1998 est.)
Airports:
103 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
66
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
11
1,524 to 2,437 m:
14
914 to 1,523 m:
11
under 914 m:
29 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
37
914 to 1,523 m:
5
under 914 m:
32 (1998 est.)
Heliports:
1 (1998 est.)